Hack history / 2023 / Fraud
DOJ cracks down on $225 million crypto romance scam
Fraud on Nov 20, 2023
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$225M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- Nov 20, 2023
- Kind
- Fraud
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "DOJ cracks down on $225 million crypto romance scam fraud, Nov 20, 2023: $225M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htf41954041a/ (data as of 2026-10-31).